Automatic basket-machine.



PATENTED FEB. 2'7, 1906.

s. L. GASELLA. AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1905,

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AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1905.

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No. 818,773. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

S. L. GASELLA. AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1905.

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No. 813,773. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1 906.

\ s. L. GASELLA.

AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6,1905.

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AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. e, 1905.

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PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

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No. 813,773. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. s. L. OASELLA. AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1905.

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PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. S. L. GA$ELLA. AUTOMATIC BASKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1905.

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SECONDO L. ASELLA, OF S N FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AssICNoR OF 4 THREE-FOURTHS TO w. F. BARNES COMMERCIAL COMPANY, OF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION, AND ONE-FOURTH TO B. F. MACKALL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALiFORNIA.

AUTOlVIATIC BASKET-MACHINE.

Patented. Feb. 27, 1906.

Application and January 6, 1905. 8 eria1i o.239,901.

Tojall whom; it may concern: "j Be it known that I, SECONDO L. CAsELLA,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Basket-Machines, of which the following is a specification. i l

' My invention relates to an'apparatus which is designed for the purpose of manufacturing veneer baskets and completing the whole in, a sin le continuous operation.

V t consists in combinations or mechanisms whereby the veneersheets are assembled, bent into shape, -and the metal rim applied ail'ounid the top and the whole basket comp ete It also comprises details of-' construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-.- v

Figure l-is. a plan view of my machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation taken opposite from F ig. 2. Fig. 4 is a partial front elevation. Fig. 5 shows part of the basket-wheel. Fig. 6 is a view of cross-head and operating-cam. Fig. 7 is a plan view of basket-former. Fig.

cal section through same. Fig. 10 is a horizontal section through same; Fig. '11 is a section through tin-feeding portion. Fig. '12 is a rear view of same. Fig. 13 s an enlarged view of chain. andknife-edge. Fig. 14 is a top plan view of tin-bending portion. Fig.

15 is a section through same, showing rela-' tive position of tins after bending. I Fig. 16 is a view of inner crimping-jaws'and check. Fig. 17 is a side elevation of bending-rollers and advancing-hooks. throughyknife-edg'eand tin after being bent.

action of the chucks 53.

It's the object of my invention to provide an apparatus in which'a plurality of thin'v'eneer sheets previously prepared are carried .to a 'common center, crossed or overlapped,

and bent so as toforrntheupturned sides and a meansgby which foldedstripsof metal are brought into position with relation to thefolded veneers, bent, applied to theupper edges of the veneer, overlapped, compressed,

Fig. 9 is a verti- Fig. 18 is a section ew showing the and locked in position and. thebaskets thus finished :finally discharged at the end of the machine.

As shown in the drawings, my apparatus comprises a base of any suitable construction, as at A, this base having standards B suitably dis osed to .carry the operating mechanism. This mechanism comprises two tables 2 and 3, which are disposed substantially at right angles from each other and are adapted to receive the previously-prepared thin sheets of veneer which are supplied to the tables, and these tables are-provided with a reciprocating mechanism which acts to carry one veneer on each table to a central point, where one is superposed upon the other in readiness for the forming process. The veneers are laid horizontally and flatwise upon the guides 2 and 3, and in connection with these guides are'reciprocating carriers 4, which are operated by links 5, connecting the carriers with 'fulcrumedlevers 12, and cams, as at 6,which are revolved so as to reciprocate and move the carriers at the proper intervals. The carriers have upwardly-projecting pointsor spurs], so disposed that several of the veneers may be in process of transmission toward the center at all times, and the movement of the carriers is sullicient to deliver one veneer at. each forward movement while -the others are being advanced an equal amount by said movement. The carriers, with their upturned spurs, are moved forward in such plane that the spurs will engage the rear edges of the veneers and advance them. Then the carriers are depressed so that the spurs return beneath the veneers which lie in position upon the guides, and the s ur s are again projected upwardly behind the veneers, thus advancing the same intermittently until they are delivered at the central point.

vation of these carriers is effected by means of hell-crank levers 8, connected by a rod 9 with a pivoted lever 10, and this lever is actuated by a cam, as at 11, so as to cause the alternate elevation and depression of the carriers. These carriers are reciprooated by means of rods connecting them with rocking levers 12, which are fixed upon-the shaft havinga short rocker or crank arm 13, and tlns isconnected a'rodor pitman' 14 with asuitable cam or The alternate depression and eleare continuous with guides on t eccentric 6, by which the reciprocation is effected. The two sets of levers are so actuated in unison with each other that while the spurs or points by which the veneers are advanced are in their elevated position the forward movement of the carrier takes place, and when this forward movement is completed the depressing mechanism acts to lower the spurs so that they are retracted beneath the veneers,-as previously described. I One of the veneers is advanced directly to the central point and the other is slightly above the level. of the first-named veneer, so that it will be moved in just above and overlapping the first veneer. The guides of the u per veneer lie plungeryoke, so that the veneer is guided to its osition, and when the plunger'20 descen' s to press the veneers together and to bend them the edges of the veneers will be withdrawn from the guide-channels, which have but lit tle depth. Springs, hereinafter described, prevent the displacement of the veneers. The veneers thus overlapped and standing transversely to each other are then delivered in position above the bending-frame 18 and in line with the plunger 20. There are four of these frames supported 11 onl four equally-spaced arms, as at 19, whicli roject radially from a central shaft, by \vhic shaft this portion of the structure is revolved. The shaft is revolved intermittently, so as to carry each of the four arms forward a quarter of a revolution, and during theintermission in the movement some action toward the completion of the basket is effected. The first action after the veneers have been placed transversely upon each other is to depress them within the inclosing framework 18, and this is effected by means of a plunger 20, connected with a vertically-slidable guide 2]., and this is actuated by a rocker-arm 22, connected by a rod 23 with another rocker-arm 24, mounted upon a shaft which carries an arm 25, and this lever-arm is provided with. a pin or roller adapted to engage with a cam 16, by which 6,5 dially from the shaft 29, whir the reciprocation of the plunger 20is effected. By the downward movement of this plunger the overla ped veneers are simultaneously folded wit in the frame 18, so that the projecting edges, which are substantially e ual in length, are upturned simultaneously, t us forming the four sides of the basket. In connection with the movable frame 18 are pins 27, carried by a suitable number of stationaryv arms, and these pins project upwar(lly,so

that as the veneers are depressed within the frame the pins will pierce the two veneers, and thus hold them in proper position for the succeeding operation. y

Any suitable or desired mechanism may be employed for turning the shaft which carries the devices for forming the baskets. I have here shown guide-channels 28, plrojecting'racarries the basket-formers, and these are en aged by a roller 30, mounted upon a cran -arm 31, and this crank-arm is actuated b means of bevel-gearing 32, mounted upon t e countera shaft 33, through" which power is transmitted from the motor. This roller 30 is moved into one of the guide-channels 28 durin the rotation of thearm and movedthrou an arc of a circle which is sufficient to e ect a" uarter-revolution of the shaft, as previously escribed, and being known as the Geneva movement. It will be understood that any equivalent mechanism for producing this quarter-revolution of the apparatus may be substituted for the device ere described. At the end of each" movement thecross is locked in position during a further operation toward the completion of the basket by a latch engaging asshown at 28. The latch 28* engages notches 28 and has a rearward extension, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and this is engaged by a short crank or cam arms 28, which revolve in unison with the arms 31, so as to lift the latch at the instant when the'roller 30 enters a slot 28and allow the structure to revolve. The basket having been partially formed, as previously dewhich motion is transmitted to advance t e chains intermittently. Thesechains have slots or channels into which the strips 37 are placed. These stri s, which have been previously cut and fdlded into a shape, as shown, are of suflicient length so that each strip will extend along one side of the basket,

and when bent to form the corners its ends will extend a little more than midway of the other side of the basket, so that two strips when bent to encom ass the to of the basket will overlap sufficient y so that t ey may be telescoped and when crimped upon the ed e ofthe basket will form a continuous rigi binding therefor. The carrierchains and their pulleys are in pairs sufficiently se arated, and the V-shaped stri s being lai into the correspondingly s aped outwardly projecting notches, as at 38, will be advanced by the mechanism which advances the chains,- and the upper and lower chains will be ad-' vanced simultaneously so that one strip of metal will be presented from below and one, from above and with their open edges presented toward the top and bottom edges of the basket, which has been turned so as to face these strips. The strips are then bent by a mechanism to be hereinafter described, so as to form the corners, with the endsprojecting and overlapping on the upper and lower sides,

as previously described. The strips are then advanced against the edges of the basket and subjected to the pressure of crimping devices, which'close the open edges of the strips and crimp and indent them into the top edges of the basket, so that they are firmly held in place. The overlapping portions being also crimped together by this operation forms a practically continuous integral binding around the top edge of the basket. The metal strips are respectively carried upon the upper part of the upper chain 34 and by the lower part of the chains 35. supports 35 below this ower chain preventing the strips from falling down. The chains are advanced so as to deliver a-single strip each in conjunction with each quarter-revolution of the basket-carrier. This mtermittent movement is effected b means of hooks, asat 40, which engage with the teeth of ratchets 41 at each forward movement of the devices which advance the previously-placed strips of tin and the crimp- 1ng-jaws, and as the reciprocating movement of these carriers is in unison with the quarterrevolutions of the basket-carriers 18 it will be understood that the strips of tin are advanced and delivered at such times that a binding for each basket will be prepared when the basket arrives at the proper position. The hooks 40 are connected with a cross-head 40 upon the shaft 40 and reciprocated by means of a cam 33 and a fulcrumed lever 33*. Each strip of tin when it reaches the end of its travel by means of the chains contacts with a guide, the upper guide being shown at 42 and the lower one at 42. The next movement causes the notched arms 43 to engage the strips and to advance them to a position in line with the folding-rollers 44. These rollers are carried in the ends of slotted links 45, the opposite ends of which are ivoted to bars, as at 46. The slots in the links are movable over fiXed pins 47, so that when the bars 46 are'moved toward the center the links will slide upon the pins 47, and this will move the rollers 44 inwardly, and as the ends of the stripsof tin project in line with the line of travel of these rollers it will be seen that the .tin will be folded or bent so as to form corners to correspond with the corners of the basket. The folded portions being sufficiently longer than the side of the basket will overlap, as shown plainly in Fig. 17. The strips of tin when first advanced to the foldingrollers pass beneath arms 48, which are actuated by springs, as at 49, and these arms press upon the strips sufiiciently to hold them in position while being acted upon by folding rollers. When the folds have been made, the sides which'have been foldedd'own are s imilarly'held in place by arms, as shown at .51. The position of the strips at this stage is well shown in Fig. 15, the strips then lying between twoguides 51 and 51 and one strip being above. the other. the strips are moved so that the overla pin ends interlock, and this movement is e ecte by the backward movement of the interior chuckor support which carries the interior crimping-jaws. These jaws are well shown at 52, Fig. 16, and are carried upon the intecam-grooves formed in it, and the jaws 52 are uided and slidable radially upon the chuc or support and are moved by means of pins, as at 55, projecting into the cam-grooves of the disk 54. Thus when this disk is turned the. jaws 52 will be simultaneously forced outward a ainst the interior surfaces of the folded strips which have been previously placed upon the edges of thebaskets. At the same time the exterior crimping-jaws, as shown at 56, are simultaneously moved inward by the action of cams 57, operating similarly to those just previously described.

the folded strips firmly upon the baskete ges. This being done, the jaws are retracted, and as the jaws 52 are retracted inwardly they expose strips or edges carried by or forming a part of the chuck 53. These edges project'- just sufficiently to engage-the strl s of tin, and'as the chuck is being retracte after the the ollowing strips, which have alread been bent and folded, and as the following asket arrives in position the chuck will be a ain advanced and will bring the strips toget er,

are afterward-forced upon the edge of the basket, as before described. In Fig. 19 I show diagrammatically the jaws 52 retracted, exposingthe edge orstrip of chuck 53. This edge engages the edge of the outer strip 37, (the strips being in the relative positions shown in Fig. 17, as at No. 1.) 111 said Fig. 19 No. 2 shows the next position with the strips closed. No. 3 shows the parts withdrawn to allow the plate to pass behindthe strips, and N0. 4 shows the plate again projected, so that when it again advances it will engage the strips from the rear and force them upon the edge of the basket when the parts again move'forward. The strips being heldin Fig. 15,) it will be. seen that they will always register, and thus be properly forced together.

carried upon the end of a radially-slidable head 61, slidable upon the radial rods 19 and subject to the constant pressure of springs '62, well shown in Fig. 5. These springs act when released to eject the finished basket. i but are prevented from acting during the rlarger part of the revolution of the carrier.

comfpression of a strip these edges will engage overlapping and engaging them, and they From this position rior chuck or support 53; The disk 54 has,

Thus both sets of jaws 52 and 56 will be moved simultaneously to crimp or com ress in place between the guides 51 51, (shown Within each of the frames 18 is a plate 17,

rod 60, having its inner end fixed to a crossstarve by acarn 63, the circular portion of is I placed contiguous to two op osite edges of engaged by rollers 64 on the cross-heads 61. the basket, mechanism byw ich said-strips The cam 63 has a certain oscillatory motion about its axis produced by a cam 65, mounted upon a shaft 66 and rotated in unison with the movements of the forming mechanism. The irregular portion of the cam 63 is extended out beyond the circular portion, so that'the portion 63 when inline with the discharging position of the carrier, as shown at the left of Fig. 5. will allow each roller 64 3 standing at right angles and intersecting at to travel outward, and with it the cross-head 61, which is pressed upon by its spring 62.

This movement acts through the rod 60 to force the plate 17 out, as shown at the left of Fig. 5, and thus eject the completed basket. The next advance of the carrier causes the roller of this cross-head to enter the concaved portion 63 of the cam, and ,this acts to retract the plate 17 a little and insure its pass ing to the vertical position without its edges touching the veneers or moving parts, which are now being brought toward thecenter in readiness to be delivered when this former reaches its position of rest. Before this occurs, however, the cam is turned, as previously described, so that the portion 63 will coincide with the roller 64, and as the plunger forcesthe plate 17 to the bottom of the former-frame 18 against the tension of its sprin s 62 the roller 64 moves along the cam until it reaches the part 63 of the cam, which is substantially concentric with its axis of revolution, and the plate will thus be retained in that place until the carrier has again reached the position of discharge. Be-

tween the concave portion 63 of the cam.

and the incline 63 is a convex portion which acts to move the plate 17 outwardly a little, so that as the veneers arrive in their crossed positions one above the other this outward movement of the plate will press the veneers together and against the bottom of the plungers. A spring 67 acts against a slide 68, movable wlthin the plunger, and the foot of this slide moves the upper veneetr downupon the lower one as the plate 17 is pressed into the former, and thus insures the veneers against, displacement before bending. As the plunger begins to move inward to form the basket the movement of the slide is arrested by a stop, (shown in dotted lines at 69, Figs. 3 and 4,) while the plun er continues (and folds the veneers into t e former 18 sheets of veneer are.

mechanism by which said strips are simultaneously crimped and looked upon the edgeof the basket and to each other.

2. In a basket-making machine, tables a common center, carriers movable upon said tables and adapted to advance veneer sheets bv intermittent movements, a form upon the form and the sides upturned and pins upon which the bottom of the sheets are impaled to lock them together.

3 In a basket-making machine, tables standing at right angles and intersectingat their inner ends, and carriers by which veneers are intermittently moved upon the tables to the point of intersection, a revoluble shaft with arms, formers carried at the ends of said arms, means for intermittently rotating the shaft and formers, means for placing two of the veneers transversely upon each former when it arrives at the plane of travel of the veneers, a plunger and means for reciprocating said plun er to fold each pair of veneers and form sides therefor, and pins adapted to pierce and secure the bottoms of the baskets.

4. In a machine for making baskets, ta-

-movable at right angles with said plungeradapted to receive folded strips of metal, mechanism by which said strips are bent to form angles and to overlap each other on two opposite sides, mechanism by which said strips are advanced and forced upon the edges of the basket, and mechanism by which the strips are crimped and interlocked with eachother and the basket edges.

5'. In a machine for making baskets, mechanism by which two veneers are placed tra'nsversely to each other and the sides upturned, mechanism by which the baskets are advanced and the former turned a quarter of a revolution, endless chains having notches adapted to receive folded strips of sheet metal and advance them toward the outwardly-pr'esented edges of the basket, mechanism by which the strips are bent to form corners intermediate of the upturned sides, mechanism by which the strips are advanced,

I presenting and holdin fitted upon the basket edges and crimped thereon.

6. In a basket-making machine, means for presenting and holdin rectangularly-bent veneer, carriers by W iich folded strips of sheet metal are delivered parallel with two opposite edges of the basket, and folders by which the projecting ends of the strips are gripped and bentto, register with .the other edges of the basket and to overlap centrally of the sides.

7. In a basket-making machine, means for presenting and holding rectangularly-bent veneers, carriers by which folded strips of sheet. metal are delivered and registered with two opposite edges of the basket, folders by which the projecting ends of said strips,

are gripped and bent to register with the other edges of the basket and to overlap ,centrally of the sides, and mechanism by which the strips are advanced to fit the edges of the basket.

8. In a basket-making machine, means for rectan u'larly-bent' veneers, carriers by w ich fol ed strips of sheet metal are delivered to register with two opposite edges of the basket, folders by which the strips are gripped and bent to form corners and to register with the remaining basket edges and to overlap centrally of the sides, means by whichthe strips are advanced to fit the edges of the basket, and mechanism by which they are crirnped upon said edges. j

9. In a basket-making machine, mechanism for presenting and holding rectangularlyent veneers, means for delivering folded sheet-metal strips to register with two opposite edges of the basket and folding devices by which the strips are gripped and bent to register with the other edges of the basket and to overlap centrally of said sides.

10. In a basket-making machine, mechanism by which rectangularly-bent veneers are presented and held, carriers by which folded sheetmetal strips are'brought to register with two'opposite edges of the basket, folders by which the strips are gripped and bent to overlap and register with the remaining sides, mechanism by which the strips are forced upon the edges of the basket, and o positely-movable jaws between which tl ie strips are compressed to form a rim for the basket.

11. In a basket-makingmachine, a means for securin metallic strips upon theedges of veneer'bas et's, said means comprising independent exterior and interior jaws corresponding with the sides of the basket, and mechanism bywhich said jaws are simultaneously advancedin planes one at right angles to the other to crimp the metal strips. I 12'. In a basket-making machine, ,mcans for securing folded metallic strips upon the edges of veneer baskets, said means comprising guided exterior and interior jaws be-' tween which the basket sides lie, and cams by which the jaws are simultaneously advanced in planes one at right angles to the other to crimp the strips upon the inclosed basket edges.

13, In a basket-making machine, mechanism by which sheets of veneer are assembled and bent to form upturned sides, mechanism to apply and crimp binding-strips upon the basket edges, an ejector for the finished basket, ,a carrier consisting of arms radiating from a. central shaft, and mechanism by luble former com rising frames upon which veneers are place and a reciprocating plunger by which the veneers are bent intobasket form within the frames, plates within the frames, and cam-actuated means for advancing the plates to eject the finished product.

16. In a basket-making machine, a revoluble former, comprising frames upon which veneers are placed, a reciprocating plunger by which the veneers are bent into basket form within the frames, plates within the frames and slidably-guided rods connected to the plates, a cam by which the plates are retained in the former during a portion of its revolution, and springs by which the plates are moved out when released by the cam, and

the finished product ejected.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

SECONDO L. OASELLA.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRoNc, H. J. FERGUSON. 

